I highly recommend the mobile version of this game, be it the free version or the paying multiplayer version.
I have mixed feelings about the Steam version (on Windows) though it is still OK (after deactivating "scrolling mode" in the settings, see below).
Rule changes I dislike (I've only played the "normal" game rules):
- The trees grow much more aggressively here, too aggressively IMO; I spend the first rounds trying to fell them.
- There are minor cosmetic changes in the rule when a province is reduced to a single cell; I prefer the old rules, but that may be just out of habit.
The user interface is not as great as it could have been:
- no possibility to immediately replay a game you just played (one of my pleasures with the mobile version); it is possible to play a replay by saving it and loading it afterwards, a convoluted procedure I did not find out at first;
- the game (and replay) is restricted to a the middle vertical third of my screen
- the navigation between the menus is still awkward (also a problem on the mobile game)
- by default, "scrolling mode" means when I overshoot the bottom of the screen trying to access the buttons there, my game map scrolls up. That's very annoying, often occurred to me, but can be fixed by deactivating the "scrolling mode" (I don't remember its exact name) in the settings. Having that scrolling mode deactivated should be the default on desktop, I can't see who would want it on.
And, at first, I thought the graphics looked a bit bland on PC; though they're the same as on mobile as far as I can tell.
But anyway, much thanks for this game, specially the mobile version, on which I've probably spent hundred of hours (very useful in waiting rooms too).
